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Would prefer a Batman film similar to Kingdom Come
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As someone who watched Batman at the cinema back in 1989, seeing Keaton don the Batsuit again on the big screen is going to be goose bumps moment.
I was just thinking will there be any other characters appearing from Batman or Batman Returns.
While very true that the Flash could stand on his own, from WB's business standpoint, I can understand them wanting to throw as much at the wall as possible for greater profits. Most of it probably won't stick, but on the whole, I expect this will be a decent movie from the performances alone, even if the story is crap.
the question becomes which would people want
A Keaton Solo Batman Film
or
An Affleck Solo Batman film
Sign me up for both.
Absolutely…
I think Affleck should be allowed to leave the role after The Flash if that's what he wants to do, especially given everything that happened with him before - in terms of his health and well-being. I think that's more important than whether Snyder fans get "their" solo Affleck movie.
Same here.
I can second that. I'm not the biggest Batman Beyond fan, but we just can't get enough Keaton. It's a tragedy how quickly his role as Batman was played out. Returning in THE FLASH is at least a Christmas present I can't wait to unwrap. ;-)
Exactly!!! :)>-
Awesome I remember during the early stages of The Flash it was suggested Batfleck would only appear as Bruce, obviously not the case.
But the chain reaction of events that followed and that ultimately resulted in Keaton not coming back and this short-lived film series taking not one but three weird turns down the line, demonstrates how different the times were for "superhero" films back then. Had it not been for the animated series, I'd almost compare it to the Superman debacle from the '80s, even if I think Schumacher's films infinitely more enjoyable than Superman III and The Quest For Peace.
At the time I was also convinced that losing Burton was a big mistake on the part of WB or Jon Peters or whoever made that call. Now I'm not so sure that Burton ever truly was the right choice for the job. He made that '89 film work; no complaints there. But he went on imposing far too much of that signature Burton goofiness on the sequel. And the types making these movies back then weren't the least bit interested in staying 'true' to the comics either (not that we're seeing live-action DC films directly adapting comics these days, but there's at least a comics-consciousness that's shining through more.) Either way, Keaton was the victim of a lot of poor decision-making, culminating in a script for Batman Forever that just couldn't keep him interested. By his own admission,
“[The film] just wasn’t any good, man. I tried to be patient, but after a certain point, I was like, I can’t take this anymore, this is going to be horrible. But, look, there was some really horrible taste in the ’90s, and I probably contributed to that, unfortunately. It was a time of nouveau riche excess… And the truth is, I’m not boasting, but I was correct. There are a whole load of people who ran things that are long gone.” url="https://bamsmackpow.com/2020/11/28/michael-keaton-didnt-return-batman-forever/"]link[/url
I rather liked Kilmer's Batman but I wasn't a fan of Clooney's (and neither is Clooney). Bale impressed the hell out of me in the next decade. And meanwhile, McClory could always be trusted to deliver the goods. So Michael Keaton gradually became a thing of the past for me, a Batman that wouldn't Return a second time. I even made the mistake of thinking that Keaton surely would never do superhero stuff anymore. But then I saw him in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he rocked in that film. I started dreaming about Keaton as a more mature Batman in a straight-up adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. And when the news came of Keaton's comeback in The Flash, I pumped a fist and yelled "Yeah!"
Had Burton decided to move forward with a third film I think he would have faced the same kind of studio oversight that Snyder went through with JL. Having suits standing around on the sets as if to make sure Burton didn’t ruin the film’s Happy Meal potential. Even when Schumacher made the movie, he still ultimately had to cut out all the darker aspects of FOREVER like the original Arkham scene with Two Face’s message on a wall written in blood.
By the time he made B&R, it was clear what the studio wanted due to the success of FOREVER and he went along with it, this time adding purple.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_suicide_squad